From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State: Race and the Death Penalty in America
Since 1976, over forty percent of prisoners executed in American jails have been African American or Hispanic. This trend shows little evidence of diminishing, and follows a larger pattern of the violent criminalization of African American populations that has marked the country's history of punishment. In a bold attempt to tackle the looming question of how and why the connection between race and the death penalty has been so strong throughout American history, Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. and Austin Sarat headline an interdisciplinary cast of experts in reflecting on this disturbing issue. Insightful original essays approach the topic from lega…
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Weitere Autoren: Ogletree Jr, Charles J. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8147-4022-4
- EAN: 9780814740224
- Produktnummer: 2070872
- Verlag: New York Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 309 S.
- Masse: H22.7 cm x B15.3 cm x D2.0 cm 431 g
- Gewicht: 431
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Austin Sarat is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. Previous collaborations for NYU Press with Charles J. Ogletree include From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State: Race and the Death Penalty in America (2006), When Law Fails: Making Sense of Miscarraiges of Justice (2009), and The Road to Abolition? The Future of Capital Punishment in the United States (2010).
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